I’m not quite sure why I got this movie — it might just have been on the New Releases page on Criterion and I went “oh right”.
I’ve probably seen this before? But not since the 80s.
It’s nice that almost all the blurays from Criterion are in 4K now. I mean, it’s not a huge bump in quality, but they do 100Mbps bitrates and everything looks… better.
See? Better.
Oh, I have seen this before more recently… I saw it in 2019, apparently, but I have no recollection of doing so.
Hey! Ted Danson! I didn’t appreciate Danson until I saw Bored To Death in 2010, and then I got it…
That’s what I want my bathroom to look like!
Oh, now I’m starting to remember… Yeah, I think I remember the plot of this now. The movie is a noir pastiche, and I think the plot is super duper noirish, too…
70s movies used to be really sweaty, and then 80s movies were very powdery. The sweat here is part of the plot, though.
I’m shocked at how few movies Kasdan has directed, because his name seems like such a staple. But I guess it’s his writing credits on a bunch of George Lucas properties that’s made him famous…
Anyway, this movie is pretty spiffy. Really good performances from everybody, and it got That Mood.
Sure, it’s a retro genre exercise, but it’s really entertaining.
Body Heat . Lawrence Kasdan. 1981. ⚄
